This is an immersive and interactive 4-day training course where you will develop your business idea, analyse your market and potential customers, develop a compelling pitch and look at funding strategies. It culminates with the opportunity to pitch to a panel of investors and healthcare experts, who will provide invaluable feedback for you to take your business forward. Participation in this event is free of charge and supported by the West of England AHSN.

More about the sessions

The programme includes sessions on writing a great business plan, understanding the NHS as a marketplace, getting to grips with company valuations, funding sources and pitching for investment.

It also includes sessions on how to understand and explain the value that your product will bring to healthcare customers, the regulatory governance standards that have to be met to bring a product to the healthcare market and how to tap into the national schemes available to support the adoption of innovation.

Developing personal skills

This is a personal skills development course that aims to enable individuals to take well-formed proposals to business realisation.

You will have the opportunity to learn core skills in entrepreneurship and develop skills in the areas of:

Customer analysis

Building a business case

Funding strategies

Market analysis

Who should apply?

The programme is designed for entrepreneurs with an idea for a health-based product or service, founders of early-stage ventures, more experienced entrepreneurs launching a new health-based product/venture and healthcare practitioners.

Priority will be given to applicants employed in the West of England AHSN geographical boundaries which covers Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire. Applications from neighbouring areas may also be considered.